Find Handicap
The Find Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Maryland's Laurel Park Racecourse. It is open to horses ages three and older and is contested on turf over a distance of one and one eighth miles.
| Ungraded Stakes race | |
| Location | Laurel Park Racecourse, Laurel, Maryland, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1978 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.laurelpark.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $60,000 |
The race is named in honor of Find, who ranked as Maryland's all-time money winner from 1950 through 1982, when he was surpassed by Jameela. Find was a durable gelding owned by Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt who earned $803,615 over eight years racing. He started in 110 races, winning 22 times with 27 seconds and 27 third-place finishes. He won or placed in 51 stakes races.[1]
Find was born and raised at venerable Sagamore Farm in Glyndon, Maryland. He was born in the same foal crop of 1950 at Sagamore that produced Vanderbilt-bred stakes winners Native Dancer and Social Outcast. Find was retired from racing and pensioned at Sagamore Farm, where he lived out his days as a companion for the farm's barren and maiden mares until his death in 1979 at the age of 29.
The race was inaugurated and run for the seven times at Maryland State Fair from 1978 through 1984 at only 6+1⁄2 furlongs on the main dirt track. The race was also taken off the turf in 1993, 1994, 2000 and 2004 due to the condition of the turf as a result of inclement weather.
Records
Speed record:
- 1+1⁄8 miles - 1:46.00 - Le Reine's Terms (2002)
- 6+1⁄2 furlongs - 1:17.00 - Happy Chef (1984)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 - Mario Pino (1988, 1999 & 2005)
- 3 - Heratio A. Karamanos (2002, 2003 & 2006)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 5 - Lawrence E. Murray (1993, 2001, 2002, 2003 & 2004)
Winners of the Find Handicap since 1978
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Dist. |
Time |
Purse |
Gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Plash Phelps | Victor Carrasco | Rodney Jenkins | Hillwood Stables | 1-1/8 | 1:49.11 | $60,000 | |
| 2014 | No Race | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race | |
| 2013 | No Race | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race | |
| 2012 | No Race | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race | |
| 2011 | Concealed Identity | Sheldon Russell | Edmond Gaudet | Linda Gaudet/ Morris Bailey |
1-1/8 | 1:53.51 | $60,000 | |
| 2010 | Ben's Cat | Julian Pimentel | King T. Leatherbury | The Jim Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:52.20 | $50,000 | |
| 2009 | Sarto | Joe Rocco Jr. | Edwin Merryman | Mathew Moran | 1-1/8 | 1:51.04 | $50,000 | |
| 2008 | Headsandtales | Erick Rodriguez | Dale Capuano | Skeedattle Associates | 1-1/8 | 1:48.06 | $50,000 | |
| 2007 | Headsandtales | Jonathan Joyce | Robin L. Graham | Skeedattle Associates | 1-1/8 | 1:49.80 | $50,000 | |
| 2006 | Private Scandal | Haratio A. Karamanos | Peter Bazeos | Ioannis Korologos | 1-1/8 | 1:49.40 | $75,000 | |
| 2005 | Private Scandal | Mario Pino | Gary Sciacca | Ioannis Korologos | 1-1/8 | 1:49.00 | $75,000 | |
| 2004 | Foufa's Warrior | Steve Hamilton | Lawrence E. Murray | Sondra & Howard Bender | 1-1/8 | 1:50.00 | $75,000 | |
| 2003 | Certantee | Haratio A. Karamanos | Lawrence E. Murray | 1-1/8 | 1:52.00 | $75,000 | ||
| 2002 | La Reine's Terms | Haratio A. Karamanos | Lawrence E. Murray | Sondra & Howard Bender | 1-1/8 | 1:46.00 | $75,000 | |
| 2001 | La Reine's Terms | Larry Reynolds | Lawrence E. Murray | Sondra & Howard Bender | 1-1/8 | 1:50.00 | $75,000 | |
| 2000 | Crosspatch | Nik Goodwin | Berkley W. Kern, Jr. | 1-1/8 | 1:50.20 | $75,000 | ||
| 1999 | Cynics Beware | Mario Pino | Mary Welby McGill | 1-1/8 | 1:48.40 | $75,000 | ||
| 1998 | Winsox | Robert Colton | J. William Boniface | 1-1/8 | 1:50.00 | $75,000 | ||
| 1997 | Warning Glance | Mark Johnston | Charles H. Hadry | 1-1/8 | 1:48.80 | $75,000 | ||
| 1996 | Ops Smile | Edgar Prado | J. William Boniface | Bonita Farm & Lynn Brown | 1-1/8 | 1:49.20 | $75,000 | |
| 1995 | Warning Glance | Mark Johnston | Charles H. Hadry | 1-1/8 | 1:49.20 | $75,000 | ||
| 1994 | Jest Punching | Omar Clinger | Gary Capuano | 1-1/8 | 1:51.20 | $75,000 | ||
| 1993 | Maryland Moon | Larry Reynolds | Lawrence E. Murray | 1-1/8 | 1:49.80 | $75,000 | ||
| 1992 | Gala Spinaway | Greg McCarron | Bernard B. Bond | 1-1/8 | 1:52.40 | $75,000 | ||
| 1991 | Rebuff | C. Juarez | Frances A. Merryman | 1-1/8 | 1:47.20 | $75,000 | ||
| 1990 | Rum and Gold | Alberto Delgado | 1-1/8 | 1:54.80 | $75,000 | |||
| 1989 | Ten Keys | Kent Desormeaux | Charles Linhoss | 1-1/8 | 1:51.00 | $75,000 | ||
| 1988 | Ten Keys | Mario Pino | Charles Linhoss | 1-1/8 | 1:53.00 | $75,000 | ||
| 1987 | Kitchener's Reward | Carlos Barrea | 1-1/8 | 1:49.00 | $60,000 | |||
| 1986 | Due North | Alberto Delgado | 1-1/8 | 1:49.80 | $60,000 | |||
| 1985 | Rolling Road | Donnie A. Miller Jr. | 1-1/8 | 1:50.60 | $60,000 | |||
| 1984 | Happy Chef | F. Manco | 6.5 fur. | 1:17.00 | $25,000 | |||
| 1983 | Me Darlin Anna B. | William Passmore | 6.5 fur. | 1:17.20 | $25,000 | |||
| 1982 | Love to Laugh | A. Agnello | 6.5 fur. | 1:18.40 | $25,000 | |||
| 1981 | Double Door Prize | Herb Hinojosa | 6.5 fur. | 1:18.60 | $30,000 | |||
| 1980 | Janet's Liebe | A. Berreira | 6.5 fur. | 1:18.60 | $30,000 | |||
| 1979 | Ashanti Gold | G. Longa | 1-1/8 | 1:19.40 | $15,000 | |||
| 1978 | Rock'n Rollick | R. Fitzgerald | 1-1/8 | 1:17.80 | $15,000 | |||
See also
References
- 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 166 on March 3, 2007.